# Incident 19940505010219I: Airtrc AT400, Opelousas, LA, May 5, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1994, 10:15 local time
- Place: Opelousas, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: VGVG
- Location: 30.5249° N, 92.0817° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opelousas, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5249&lon=-92.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31627, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31627-2019-11-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Air Tractor AT-400 (registry code 0390202, https://openairdocs.org/model/air-tractor-at-400) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2000 series (registry code 52023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2000-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRTRC AT400
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,079 total, 500 in this make and model, 99 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940505010219I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

HAD TO FLY UNDER ONE SET WIRES AND OVER NEXT SET DURING SPRAY RUN. PULLED UP TOO QUICKLY STRUCK FIRST SET.

## Other reports on N31627 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20160905014959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160905014959A), Sep 5, 2016: Air Tractor Inc AT-400 (N31627), Hondo, TX, Destroyed. On September 5, 2016, at approximately 11:20 hours, an Air tractor AT-400, N31627 ^owned by rustys flying service^ and operated by lindeman inc, crashed in a…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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